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- 2441: The Problem With Desertification
- ... percent of Australia's soil degradation is due to overgrazing. As overgrazing continues to reduce vegetation cover, the landscape becomes barren. During long droughts, the land becomes greatly affected by wind and water erosion. A big problem with agricultural activities is the introduction of techniques without evaluation of their likely effects (World Atlas of Desertification, 1997). Agricultural activities that lead to degradation includes a wide variety of mismanagement types. These activities ...
- 2442: The Problems With Acid Rain
- ... acid rain on our water! The water itself does not contain enough sulfur to kill off its population of fish and plants. But with the sulfur in the soil it does. Acid rain is a big problem. It causes the death of our lakes, our rivers, our wild life and most importantly us. As well it causes other problems that are very serious as well such as the release of aluminum ...
- 2443: Environmentalism
- ... fire answer to the earths problems, we need to quit being so apathetic towards what is happening to our planet. Nothing will be accomplished unless we realize that even small contributions can make a big difference.
- 2444: Nuclear Power: Worth the Risks?
- ... country. It was called progress. Progress also brought with it sickness, mutations, cancer and eventually death to those exposed to high levels of radiation. Government declared that nuclear power is safe and efficient. Also have big Oil corporations who have a lot of money invested in nuclear power and want to see as many plants as possible put into and kept in operation. The truth is that accidents do happen at ...
- 2445: Power Of The Atom
- ... mail incase something happened to you while you were on-line. Its hard to envision the technology that well have in the future, maybe nothing major will be invented, but maybe something as big as the telephone. Everyone uses the telephone, from the poorest man in the world to the President of the United States. Its a great way of communicating with someone who lives to far way ...
- 2446: The Monkey
- ... tasks. Most have a short, relatively flat face without great prominence of the muzzle (excepting the baboons and drills). The hands and feet are prehensile, with, typically, five digits on each, the first (thumb and big toe) being divergent from the others. Commonly, the digits have flattened nails, but those of the marmoset are an exception. Except for the night-roaming durukuli of tropical America, monkeys are active during the day ...
- 2447: Microbiology
- ... to change shape frequently through out their lifetimes. Microbiologists have discovered that bacteria are far more complex than previously believed. For example, some groups of filamentous bacteria grow into stalk-like structures that are almost big enough to see with the naked eye. While some groups of the cyanobacteria group have filaments with specialized cells. These two examples suggest that bacteria can form themselves into types of multicellular systems, and metabolic ...
- 2448: David Levinson: Seasons' of A Man's Life
- ... study would have been raised in the 1950s and 60s. Women and men who grew up during this time were gender typed to a much greater extent than the males and females are today. These big differences would indicate different education, goals, values and statuses. It is very unlikely that Levinson's theory would apply to a woman's development considering the different roles, goals and life structures between these men ...
- 2449: The Physics Of Scuba Diving: Swimming with the Fish
- ... hearing, staying warm and moving are different. This is because water is 800 times more dense than air, affecting light, sound and heat in ways that we aren't used to. Sight seeing is a big part of what diving is all about. One dives for numerous reasons. A primary purpose is to see new environments, aquatic life and natural phenomena. Since underwater sight seeing is important, like buying a new ...
- 2450: Nuclear Energy: Uranium Fission
- ... to our advantage. God has given us the knowledge to use uranium for power, so why shouldn't use it? There are many benefits to using nuclear generated power over our other common sources. A big advantage of nuclear power plants is that they do not burn anything, they are non-polluting, and they are kind to the environment. Unlike coal-, gas-, and oil-fired power plants, nuclear power plants do ...
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